Dave Garlitz has played guitar, electric bass, and tres (a Cuban guitar with strings tuned in three pairs) in performances with pianist Elio Villafranca, the grammy-award winning Relâche Ensemble, and the national touring company of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, among others. He has performed […]

In addition to his work as bongocero for Conjunto 23, Scott MacDonald lives a double-life as an avant-garde drummer, performing with such noted Philadelphia ensembles as Tintinabulus, The Edge City Collective, and Matt Davis’ Aerial Photograph. Most recently, he has sold his soul to The Satans, an original rock project led […]

Jim Jordan has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia in jazz ensembles, salsa bands, orchestras, and chorales. In addition to his busy performance schedule, Jim is the Executive Director of the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter, and Instrumental Music Director at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, PA.

Robin Moore is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received awards including fellowships from the Rockfeller Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Humanities Center. His written work includes Nationalizing Blackness: […]

Conjunto 23 (pronounced “cone-hoon-toe vain-tee-tres”) is essentially a traditional Cuban band with some special Philadelphia twists: while their old-school sound is as swinging as the likes of Compay Segundo or Ibrahim Ferrer, their interest in jazz, soul, and the more modern sounds of Cuban timba (also read: “freaky, funky, no-holds-barred Cuban salsa”) gives the […]

Conjunto 23 is available for all your private events, as a quartet, quintet, or sextet.
For bookings in the United States, contact:
Jim Jordan
(610) 896-1571
(267) 257-5117
soundsabound78@yahoo.com
For bookings in Europe, contact:
David Garlitz
01.40.59.98.30
06.08.00.51.95
dgarlitz@wesleyan.edu